EAST HARTFORD -- We have seen important games with national stature in our state for years, decades even, but somehow Saturday night's big game felt different.

Oh yeah, this was a football contest and not basketball. Not since Yale routinely hosted national powers at the Yale Bowl in the middle of the 20th century has Connecticut seen a game with such a buildup as the Michigan visit to Rentschler Field.

Even in a state with little natural inclination toward college football or passion for the sport, this game on this night was getting even the casual observer interested.

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